“I am so looking forward to being with my friends and colleagues at the upcoming gathering of the primates,” Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry says in a brief video message. The Primates of the Anglican Communion will meet October 2-6 at Canterbury Cathedral.“I do hope we have an opportunity to talk about migration and immigrations and refugees,” he said. “Most of our … [Read more...] about PB Greets Fellow Primates
Archives for September 2017
Bishop Search in Europe
The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe plans to commission a search committee for its next bishop when the convocation meets Oct. 19-22. The Rt. Rev. Pierre W. Whalon, Bishop in Charge of the Convocation since 2001, has announced his plans to retire in July 2019. The convocation explains on a webpage devoted to the search: The Episcopal Church is one of 38 … [Read more...] about Bishop Search in Europe
History, Theology, and Mediation
Third Place Student Essays in Christian Wisdom Competition The eighth annual Student Essays in Christian Wisdom Competition attracted 19 papers from nine Anglican seminaries and university divinity schools in the United States, Canada, and England. Rebecca Bridges Watts of Seminary of the Southwest took the top prize with her paper, “‘They are no less capable of our … [Read more...] about History, Theology, and Mediation
A Temple Called Alaska
Soon after he became the eighth Bishop of Alaska in 2010, the Rt. Rev. Mark Lattime began lobbying to host one of the semi-annual meetings of the House of Bishops. A new presiding bishop took office in 2015, and Lattime told TLC how thrilled he was when, “as soon as Michael Curry was elected, not long after that, he said, ‘You know what? We’re going to come to Alaska.’” About … [Read more...] about A Temple Called Alaska
Bishops on the Earth
The House of Bishops, meeting in Fairbanks, approved and presented the following Word to the Church. A Word to the Church from the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops Gathered in Fairbanks, Alaska, September 21-26 The bishops of The Episcopal Church came to Alaska to listen to the earth and its peoples as an act of prayer, solidarity, and witness. We came because: “The earth … [Read more...] about Bishops on the Earth
Talkin’ Bob Dylan Gospel
From the CAT Club in Pontefract, England: On 20th August 1979, the remarkable Slow Train Coming was released. It was the first of three albums released since Bob Dylan’s conversion to Christianity. Inevitably the evangelical nature of the record caused a furore and, not for the first time in the great man’s career, divided his fans and concert goers yet again. Musically, with … [Read more...] about Talkin’ Bob Dylan Gospel
Seeking Wisdom in the Spaces of Schism
Second Place Student Essays in Christian Wisdom Competition The eighth annual Student Essays in Christian Wisdom Competition attracted 19 papers from nine Anglican seminaries and university divinity schools in the United States, Canada, and England. Rebecca Bridges Watts of Seminary of the Southwest took the top prize with her paper, “‘They are no less capable of our … [Read more...] about Seeking Wisdom in the Spaces of Schism
‘They are no less capable of our Christianity’
First Place Student Essays in Christian Wisdom Competition The eighth annual Student Essays in Christian Wisdom Competition attracted 19 papers from nine Anglican seminaries and university divinity schools in the United States, Canada, and England. Rebecca Bridges Watts of Seminary of the Southwest took the top prize with her paper, “‘They are no less capable of our … [Read more...] about ‘They are no less capable of our Christianity’